Crest, The

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“The Crest is a historic house on Eatons Neck in Suffolk County, New York. Although on the land mass of Eatons Neck, the house today is within the jurisdiction of the Incorporated Village of Asharoken.”
Wikipedia article The Crest (Huntington, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 563 Asharoken Ave., Huntington, 11768
When was it listed? October 2007
Category. building
Also known as. Huntington Town MRA
Town. Huntington town
Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture
Architect. Harry E. Donnell
National Register reference number. 85003645 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Crest, The between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 32 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	62
Arson/incendiarism	32
Natural	13
Smoking	7
Debris and open burning	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Other causes	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 September 1992	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex	TARGRKBCH
14 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Crest, The: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	West Hills Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	West Hills Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this property

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huntington, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	$4,000	Large tree down on Bogart Street between Evergreen Avenue and Depot Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	East Huntington	$3,000	Trees and wires were reported down in Huntington Station.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	East Huntington	$1,000	A 68 mph wind gust was measured. In addition, there was damage to roof siding and branches down.
October 2017	Flash Flood	South Huntington	-	A car was stuck in flood waters on Crandon Street in Melville.
August 2016	Flash Flood	East Huntington	-	Route 110 was flooded in both directions with all lanes closed at the intersection of Railroad Street and Broadway in Huntington Station.
August 2016	Flash Flood	West Huntington	-	West 11th Street was closed due to flooding from 6th Avenue to Railroad Street in Huntington Station.
October 2010	Flash Flood	East Huntington	-	New York Avenue was closed at Creek Rd. and Nassau Rd. in Huntington due to flooding.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Huntington	-	Flash flooding occurred along portions of Route 110 in Huntington.
July 2005	Flash Flood	Huntington	-	Flash flooding of streets resulted in motorists having to be rescued from their cars.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	-	A spotter reported an estimated 58 MPH wind gust near the intersection of Route 110 and Jericho Turnpike near Huntington at 6:30 pm. Police reported that strong winds knocked down several trees and power lines in Northport and Melville at 6:40 pm.
May 1994	Hail	Huntington	-	A squall line developed in a very warm and unstable airmass during the late afternoon hours. Numerous reports of pea- and marble-size hail were received along with several observations of 3/4 inch hail. No damage was reported with any of this events.
June 2015	Hail	Huntington	-	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	-	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	-	no account filed
August 2001	Flood	Huntington	-	no account filed
September 2000	Flash Flood	South Huntington	-	no account filed
December 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	-	no account filed
August 2000	Flash Flood	Huntington	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Huntington	-	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	-	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntington	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Suffolk County

Maps showing this location

13 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1901 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Lloyd Harbor quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1967 USGS Lloyd Harbor quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Harry E. Donnell House	0.4 miles	1985
Delamater-Bevin Mansion	0.5 miles	1985
Eatons Neck Light	1.2 miles	1973
N. J. Felix House	1.5 miles	1985
William K. Vanderbilt Estate-Eagles Nest	2.6 miles	2021
Charles Van Iderstine Mansion	2.7 miles	1985

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85003645 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Suffolk County	All 338 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.